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The space shuttles have been retired. Nothing is immediately in the
pipeline at NASA to replace them. We, as a country, look up into space
and know that we are not going there in person any time soon. To
commemorate this change, astrophysicist and beloved science communicator
Neil DeGrasse Tyson collected his commentaries on space, from magazine
articles to interviews to speeches--even tweets--and consolidated them
into Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold—with a
five- or possibly ten-year delay until the next launch of astronauts
from U.S. soil—Tyson’s views on the future of space travel and America’s
role in that future are especially timely and urgent.This book represents the best of Tyson’s commentary, including a candid new introductory essay on NASA and partisan politics, giving us an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America’s economy, security, and morale. Thanks to Tyson’s fresh voice and trademark humor, his insights are as delightful as they are provocative, on topics that range from the missteps that shaped our recent history of space travel to how aliens, if they existed, might go about finding us. On April 30, Stephanie Zvan and Brianne Bilyeu chatted with Neil about the book, bad depictions of aliens in science fiction, and his favorite poem.
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